2007 High Point Scoring Rules and Exceptions, PHRF of the Chesapeake, Inc.

1. To qualify for CBYRA High Point awards in any PHRF class, an individual must:
    a. Be a member of CBYRA and ,
    b. Be affiliated with a CBYRA Member Club and,
    c. Have a 2007 PHRF of the Chesapeake, Inc., Valid Certificate and, 
    d. Have a number listed in the CBYRA roster of sail numbers that is a unique USSA sail number, a number assigned by a National governing body, a unique One Design class number of a recognized ISAF class, or a unique One Design class number as maintained by the class association of a recognized CBYRA One Design class.

2. PHRF High Point is recorded on a Bay wide basis using class codes as denoted in the following table.   Note that the class codes are not the same as the code flag shown in the class splits.   The class codes must be included with the race results reported to CBYRA for proper recording of high point scores.   For high point scoring in PHRF A only, region 3 is divided into three sub-regions as follows:
        3AW - Annapolis, West River
        3SE - Solomons, Eastern Shore, and St. Mary's River
        3PR - Potomac River west of St. Mary's River

PHRF Non-Spinnaker is recorded as PHRF N, North and as PHRF N, South.    Region 4 shall be divided into sub-regions, North and South, for both Spinnaker and Non-Spinnaker sections.
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                    PHRF CLASSES FOR HIGH POINT SCORING

3.    For all sections, both Spinnaker and Non-Spinnaker, each yacht/owner must declare with his/her application for CBYRA membership or renewal, a Region for High Point, which region shall be fixed for the season.  A yacht/owner from region 3AW may not declare either region 3SE, or 3PR as their declared region.  If no region is declared, the region in which the primary yacht club is located shall be designated as the declared region.  Without regard for region, the results for each event shall be scored and totaled on a Bay wide basis for each section.  The highest scored yacht/owner for each section, in the resulting overall standings, shall be declared the overall winner in his/her section.  The highest scored yacht/owner in each Region in his/her overall section standing shall be declared the regional winner.

4. Qualification for High Point awards:
       a. .    Spinnaker sections  - To be considered for any High Point award, a yacht/owner must have been scored in at least five (5) sanctioned events that started or finished in his/her declared region.   A race that transits multiple regions may be scored as a home qualifying event in any of the transited regions.
        b. Non-Spinnaker sections  - To be considered for any High Point award, a yacht/owner must have been scored in at least five (5) sanctioned events in Regions 1, 2, or 3 for PHRF N North, or at least five (5) sanctioned events in Region 4 for PHRF N South.
        c.   Local clubs may schedule, through CBYRA, multiple race events in a single day and each event may carry a separate CBYRA race number.
       d. All Annapolis, Northern Bay, Screwpile Lighthouse Challenge, or Southern Bay Race Week events will be considered as wild card races for boats from “declared regions” outside of the regatta venue region, and will be scored as home region events for all boats only after that boat from “declared regions” outside of the regatta venue region, has qualified in it’s declared region.   The wild card races shall be scored on a daily basis.        e.   In the event that less than five (5) qualified races occur in a boats declared region, that boat may qualify by being scored in at least fifty (50%) percent of the declared regions races.   Boats whose home region is either region I, or region II, may use events from either region I, or region II, as qualifying events for high point scoring.

5.  One event may be discarded from the records in which a yacht has been recorded for at least six (6) events.  Two (2) events may be discarded from the records in which a yacht has been recorded for at least twelve (12) events.  Three (3) events may be discarded from the records in which a yacht has been recorded for eighteen (18) or more.   One (1) race may be discarded in which the yacht was scored ‘DSQ’ by the Race Committee for the final standing in that event unless the DSQ was for “significant damage”.   Races scored DNE (Disqualified, Non-Excludable) by the Race Committee, or a Protest Committee under RRS 69.1(b)(2) will not be discarded.    The High Point Recorder will automatically discard events for the owner to achieve the highest possible score.   

6.    An event does not contribute to the record for High Point awards if the first yacht to finish averages less than 2.0 knots over the course.

 7.   An event does not contribute to the record for High Point awards if the length of the race course is less than four (4) nautical miles.   An event consisting of multiple races with a total distance greater than four (4) nautical miles satisfies this requirement.

 8.   An event does not contribute to the record for High Point awards if there are less than three (3) boats in their class entered and competing in the race.   The organizing club may group several classes into a single start and satisfy this requirement provided each competitor has at least three (3) boats in their respective PHRF division/class.

9. Bonus Points for the length of the course(s) in an event shall be available as follows:

6.0 to 19.9 miles = 0 points

20.0 to 43.9 miles = 5 points

44.0 to 99.9 miles = 10 points

100.0 to 149.9 miles = 12 points

150.0 to 199.9 miles = 14 points

200.0 and over miles = 16 points

Total bonus points are limited to thirty (30). If any yacht/owner accumulates more than thirty (30) bonus points, the amount above 30 would be subtracted from both the numerator and denominator of the High Point scoring formula.